Daijiworld Media Network – Chennai (MS)
Chennai, May 21: A woman, mother of two children, hanged herself after severe online abuse following an incident in which her seven-month-old baby slipped out of her hands and fell from the fourth floor while she was feeding the child.
The deceased is Ramya (33), wife of Venkatesh, and a resident of Thiruvarur. She was employed in an IT company and had been suffering from depression due to bullying by netizens after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
The incident occurred on April 28. Ramya was feeding her baby on the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment when the child slipped from her hands and fell onto the metal sheet on the parapet above the first floor, where it got stuck for about 15 minutes. As Ramya screamed, some neighbors rushed to the first floor and rescued the child. Fortunately, the child did not sustain any injuries.
Following the viral spread of the video, Ramya faced severe verbal abuse from her relatives and netizens, accusing her of negligence. This abuse exacerbated her depression, for which she was undergoing treatment.
Two weeks ago, Ramya returned to her house in Karamadai near Mettupalayam with her five-year-old son and seven-month-old baby girl. Her husband and parents had gone to a wedding, and when they returned, they were shocked to find Ramya hanging in the house.